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> The blood is on Apple's hands here. Come on. This is bullshit, and you know it. The only reason industry at large is even supporting Google's codecs is becau
by dmitriid 4y ago
> The blood is on Apple's hands here.
Come on. This is bullshit, and you know it. The only reason industry at large is even supporting Google's codecs is because Google literally threatens hardware manufacturers to support their codecs in hardware, or else: https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/av1-android-14-requirement https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/av1-android-14-requiremen... and https://www.protocol.com/youtube-tv-roku-issues https://www.protocol.com/youtube-tv-roku-issues
Google can't really strongarm Apple into supporting anything. And Apple either sets the trends or follows the industry. Stop pretending Apple has anything to do with JPEG XL's imagined or real failures.
In this particular case blood is squarely on Google's hands. And it's all for the same reasons that you accuse Apple of: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33937745 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33937745